Did you miss this posted above, as good reasons why they, them, us want to fluoridate the water supply?

Young children from parts of northern NSW without fluoridated water are being hospitalised for mass extractions of rotten teeth at nearly twice the rate of other children.

Dentists and paediatricians in Lismore and Ballina say tooth decay among young children is at Third-World levels.

The situation has prompted the Australian Dental Association to urge the federal government to use its influence to force councils swayed by ''fringe groups who peddle fear … and conspiracy theories'' to embrace water fluoridation.

yeah yeah yeah I get all that, am.

But why the governments fervour about our kid's dental health?

I mean, they're quite happy for companies to market their sugar-laden products to our kids en masse. No concerns about our kid's dental health there.

No worries about preservatives in the food causing as yet unkown health and allergy problems.

Not overly concerned about the effects of pollution or deforestation or overfishing or steroids fed to our beef pork and poultry.

Half-heartedly worried about the effects of alcohol or drugs on the unborn children of addicts or the effects of gambling on families.

No. Must have fluoride in the drinking water as if it were some kind of cure-all. Never mind about the side-effects, National Health can take care of that,

Doctors and Dentists have to make a living too, you know.

Oh and with regards to comparing some of our kids teeth to 3rd world countries.

From what I've seen, they have some pretty lovely white teeth in their smiles over in those 3rd world countries.

TS: "Blackmail? Same with vaccinations....don't have your child fully vaccinated and you miss out on the school payment? If it's the right thing to do why offer money?"

Actually TS it is not blackmail, I suggest you  check a dictionary.. Why do it?,  because as the CDC has said, and  also endorsed by the Australian Dental Association:-

"For 65 years, community water fluoridation has been a safe and healthy way to effectively prevent tooth decay. CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century."

As opposed to nuts with no clinical expertise in dentistry (or medicine (vaccinations) ) who spout unsupported/unresearched nonsense on chat-boards.

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No. Must have fluoride in the drinking water as if it were some kind of cure-all. Never mind about the side-effects, National Health can take care of that,

Doctors and Dentists have to make a living too, you know.

1) How is fluoridating the water supply going to help dentists make a living?

2) Can you provide statistics on the number of people admitted to  hosptial in Australia over the last  five years suffering from fluoride poisoning?

you have clinical expertise in dentistry and vaccinations do you, Monno?

But why the governments fervour about our kid's dental health?

Because in recent years children's dental health has got worse (especially in areas with no fluoride in the water supply or the assumption that increased drinking of bottled water is one cause).

As for third world childre and/or children from developing countries having white shiny teeth:

Vietnamese child:

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@am*3 wrote:

But why the governments fervour about our kid's dental health?

 

Because in recent years children's dental health has got worse (especially in areas with no fluoride in the water supply or the assumption that increased drinking of bottled water is one cause).

 

As for third world childre and/or children from developing countries having white shiny teeth:

Vietnamese child:

 

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@am*3 wrote:

But why the governments fervour about our kid's dental health?

 

Because in recent years children's dental health has got worse (especially in areas with no fluoride in the water supply or the assumption that increased drinking of bottled water is one cause).

 

As for third world childre and/or children from developing countries having white shiny teeth:

Vietnamese child:

 

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Childrens teeth will decay with the increasing amount of sugar and lack of nutritional value in our fast-food diet.

Fluoride in drinking water is no antidote against bad dietary and dental hygiene habits.

Your vietnamese (3rd world) child. Do you happen to know what his/her diet and lifestyle is? Coca Cola and Nestle and other huge American food companies are finding a huge market in Asia, I hear.

Photo was in reply to this statement: 

Oh and with regards to comparing some of our kids teeth to 3rd world countries.

From what I've seen, they have some pretty lovely white teeth in their smiles over in those 3rd world countries.

Do very very poor people in third world countries have disposable income to spend on sweets and fizzy drinks?